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'I'm a Bearcat to the death': Viktor Lakhin pledges allegiance to Cincinnati program

University of Cincinnati big man Viktor Lakhin is committed to Wes Miller and the Bearcats program.

The 6-foot-11, 245-pound forward announced Friday in a poem via Instagram that he will stay at UC for his sophomore season.

"I am a Bearcat to the death ... I have to stay," Lakhin said in the final stanza of the 15-sanza poem.

Cincinnati teammate Mika Adams-Woods posted in the comment section, "ya time bro."

Two days after Lakhin's roommate, Mason Madsen, entered the transfer portal, and a day after Lakhin's teammate, Rob Banks, joined Madsen in the portal, Lakhin proclaimed he would remain at UC and be a part of Cincinnati head coach Wes Miller's plans for the 2022-23 season.